Are tattoos passé yet?

I actually think there was an interesting topic well hidden within the OP and that is about the cyclical nature of tattoo interest and of what is fashionable to have tattooed. It strikes me that people who are into tattoos are often blind to the fashion aspect. There are swings both in appetite and content.

While many find it laughable that people thought it was a good idea to get celtic tattoos 15 years ago, koi carp are never, ever going to go out of style.
 
dowie said:
yes but it is completely irrelevant, that is the point - judging people over something they've chosen to do is very different to judging people over something they've had no control over
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But is it actually? Or is that simply justification for being judgemental about something you don't like about other people.
 
This thread is hilarious.

Skidder said:
I actually think there was an interesting topic well hidden within the OP and that is about the cyclical nature of tattoo interest and of what is fashionable to have tattooed. It strikes me that people who are into tattoos are often blind to the fashion aspect. There are swings both in appetite and content.

While many find it laughable that people thought it was a good idea to get celtic tattoos 15 years ago, koi carp are never, ever going to go out of style.
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Such is the nature of high fashion: what is in fashion now is actually terribly unfashionable. It is only what is shunned by the majority that can be viewed as true fashion and that, inevitably, will become accepted too as it trickles down.

Basically, mullets and bell-bottoms will come back in at some point. :)
 
Skidder said:
I actually think there was an interesting topic well hidden within the OP and that is about the cyclical nature of tattoo interest and of what is fashionable to have tattooed. It strikes me that people who are into tattoos are often blind to the fashion aspect. There are swings both in appetite and content.

While many find it laughable that people thought it was a good idea to get celtic tattoos 15 years ago, koi carp are never, ever going to go out of style.
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True. My missus thought it was a good idea to have Frank Bruno tattooed on the inside of one thigh and Mike Tyson tattooed on the inside of the other.

Nowadays no-one can recognise who they are, but people still think that's Don King in the middle.


:p
 
DailyGeek said:
But is it actually?
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yes it is, it is very different

Or is that simply justification for being judgemental about something you don't like about other people.
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Whether you like something doesn't have to have any relevance here - you were talking about people being judgmental re: things that aren't choices- race, disability etc.. - it is simply a flawed comparison.

Someone making a judgement based on someone's choice - choosing to have a tattoo, choosing a particular job, lifestyle etc.. is not the same as someone making a judgement based on something arbitrary like a disability. The choice aspect is fundamental there.
 
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I went for a walk down the river this morning as it's a beautiful crisp clear day. I had my hair up so the tattoo on my neck was visible.

Surprisingly enough I didn't become mental enough to start a tumblr page or post at length on twitter about my white girl privilege and how it made me want to throw myself in the river because of all the feels.

Neither did I become hugely promiscuous
and a complete ****. I managed to talk to a lovely old gentleman about the history of the part off the city I was in without jumping his bones because anything with a pulse, right.

I'm doing something wrong. Maybe it's time for a tramp stamp?
 
lafemmefatale said:
I'm doing something wrong. Maybe it's time for a tramp stamp?
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I have my spine tattooed, so it runs from the top of my shoulders, to the top of my ass. My mates all took the **** when I was getting it done saying I was getting a tramp stamp :D Unfortunately there was no increase in promiscuity.

Maynard Keenan has a very elaborate tramp stamp tattoo and would probably kick most peoples asses for calling it a tramp stamp.
 
I have half my body covered with tattoos, whether or not people like them (my father certainly doesn't) means nothing to me.

I also piercings as well while we're at it. I like them and my partner likes them so there's nothing more to it than that.

As for do people with tattoos and piercings have a predisposition to risky life style choices? Perhaps, I could see there being an increase in this behaviour compared to those without tattoos and piercings.

Does it affect my job? Not at all, in the final year of my Doctorate at the moment and I'm not unique in being quite heavily covered with tattoos.
 
A mate of mine has some really **** tattoos but he doesn't regret them. They're part of who he is. Flaws are what give people character. :)
 
Each unto their own with a tattoo.

They do seem to be the 'in thing' at the moment but then again so were shell suits about two decades ago. I managed to bin mine when the times changed, this is a little bit harder and more painful to do with a tattoo and it would bother me to have one that stinks of later regret.

But hey as one poster said, what someone chooses to do with their own body and skin has little to do with me.
 
Thompson_NCL said:
I am serious. Although I suspect you're making fallacious conclusions based upon a knee-jerk reaction. I'd suggest that if you're in any doubt as you to my views and opinions, you ask me, rather than assume I'm sitting at my desk in jackboots and a little Hugo Boss number.
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I'll be honest, I'm intrigued. However, this thread isn't the place for questions like that.
 
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